Description
The Lophelia II project involves exploration and research of the northern Gulf of Mexico deepwater natural and artificial hard bottom habitats with emphasis on coral communities. In order to better understand the deep water coral reefs, operations will involve primarily dives with the JASON II ROV for deployments, collections, and video. Dive operations will be performed over 15 to 20 targeted locations, at which elevators will be deployed and recovered for the large number of collections expected. Multibeam surveys will be performed over targeted areas for operational use. The JASON ROV will be equipped with a sonar for obstacle avoidance. Twelve to fifteen CTD casts with Niskin rosettes will be deployed and four to six previously deployed moorings will be recovered.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Web Page | HTML | mapsOE.htm | Open resource |
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- accomac canyon
- baltimore canyon
- cape lookout
- coring devices
- deep ocean
- deep sea
- deep water
- deep water shipwrecks
- expedition
- exploration
- explorer
- hard-bottom biological communities
- hard-bottom habitat
- marine education
- mid-atlantic bight
- noaa
- norfolk canyon
- north atlantic
- ocean
- ocean discovery
- ocean education
- ocean exploration
- ocean exploration and research
- ocean literacy
- ocean research
- oer
- poor man's canyon
- science
- scientific mission
- scientific research
- sea
- soft-bottom biological communities
- stewardship
- systematic exploration
- technology
- transformational research
- undersea
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- washington canyon